After Brazilian Filipe Luis - who, according to media reports, is close to signing with AS Monaco - turned down the job, Bayer Leverkusen are, according to Sky, "pushing" for the signing of Andoni Iraola and hoping for a "quick agreement".
Oliver Glasner, who won the Conference League title with Crystal Palace on Wednesday, is also reportedly a candidate in Leverkusen.
Successful spell in the Premier League
Iraola - a Basque, like Bayer’s title-winning coach Xabi Alonso - set a new points record with AFC Bournemouth in each of his three years at the club and recently went 18 Premier League matches unbeaten.
Bournemouth narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification, finishing sixth in the table. Iraola had already announced his departure in April. Former Dortmund and Leipzig coach Marco Rose will take over the Spaniard’s position.
In Leverkusen, Hjulmand, who took charge of Bayer after the second Bundesliga matchday last season, is set to leave after a poor second half of the season and a sixth-place finish.
